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This time, the fight's over for Balsillie

By Scott Burnside
ESPN.com

Thursday, June 18, 2009

LAS VEGAS -- If there is one moment that illustrates the inherent flaws in Jim Balsillie's quixotic bid not just to own an NHL team, but also to plunk it down wherever he wants, it recently took place in a cafeteria near the downtown Phoenix court where the Coyotes' immediate future was being debated. Balsillie's right-hand man, lawyer Richard Rodier, remarked out loud that one of the patrons in the luncheonette bore a striking resemblance to NHL Hall of Famer Guy Lafleur. Rodier then asked the ...

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